Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Soulfire!

By: Stevie Van Zandt

Narrated by: Michael J. Diekmann

Length: 17 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Stevie (Steven) Van Zandt gehört zu den letzten wahren Rock'n'Rollern. Mit seinem Kopftuch, den schweren Stiefeln und der Gitarre in Hüfthöhe symbolisiert er den Rebellen und zugleich den Romantiker der endlosen Highways der USA. Als Mitglied von Springsteens E Street Band spielte Van Zandt auf Megaerfolgen wie "Darkness On The Edge Of Town",... Read more

Niemals satt - Über den Hunger aufs Leben und 182 Kilo auf der Waage (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung)

By: Monchi

Narrated by: Monchi

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ich wiege 120 Kilo und fühle mich wie ein Schmetterling." In den turbulenten Jahren, in denen Feine Sahne Fischfilet es bis an die Spitze der deutschen Musikszene geschafft haben, heißt es für Frontmann Monchi immer nur Vollgas. Bis die Band eine Pause einlegt und er zum ersten Mal Ruhe hat, um sich mit sich selbst auseinanderzusetzen. Die... Read more

Zasłyszane historie. Tom 1

By: Paweł Szlachetko

Narrated by: Ewa Konstanciak

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Zbiór krótkich opowiadań stworzonych na kanwie niezwykłych opowieści, które autor słyszał na przestrzeni lat od różnych osób. Pozornie błaha porada od bezdomnej, która pośmiertnie uratowała mieszkańców całego bloku. Zmaterializowane postaci mieszkańców zamku sprzed stu lat. Poczucie fizycznej obecności zmarłego męża... Autor balansuje między... Read more

Juho 18

By: Juhani Syrjä

Narrated by: Riku J. Korhonen

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Juho on vasta 18-vuotias, kun hän ilmoittautuu punaisten joukkoihin kansalaissotaan. Hän osallistuu taisteluihin, ja joutuu valkoisten vankileirille, jossa korventava nälkä ja väsymys ovat uuvuttaa hänet lopullisesti. Mutta kun kotiinpaluun hetki koittaa, uuttera Juho tarttuu kotitorpan askareisiin ja onnistuu pitämään sydämensä pehmeänä... Read more

An Accidental Icon

By: Norman Scott

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin & Norman Scott

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The jaw-dropping and inspiring story of accidental queer icon Norman Scott (the hero of tv drama A Very English Scandal) and the part he played in one of the greatest political scandals of the twentieth century.

In October 1975 an assassin tried to murder Norman Scott on Exmoor but the trigger failed and he only succeeded in shooting Scott's... Read more

Samuel Hieronymus Hellborn: Memoiren eines Rockstar-Mörders

By: Hollow Skai

Narrated by: Michael J. Diekmann

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Haben Sie sich auch schon mal gefragt, warum so viele Rockstars auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer Karriere das Zeitliche gesegnet haben? Geschah dies aus Zufall – oder hatten der Teufel, die Plattenindustrie und die CIA ihre Hände im Spiel? Hollow Skai lüftet nun das Geheimnis: Es war das Werk von Samuel Hieronymus Hellborn, einem durchgeknallten... Read more

Cradle Snatcher

By: Jack Freestone

Narrated by: Jack Freestone

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A sexual encounter involving a university student and a teenage girl. Read more

Trouble

By: Marise Gaughan

Narrated by: Marise Gaughan

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

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Marise was nine when she first realised there was trouble, 14 when her Dad tried to end it all, and 23 when he finally succeeded.

In a turmoil of conflicting emotions Marise runs - from Dublin to Amsterdam to Los Angeles, leaving a trail of sex and self-destruction in her wake. Until finally, she finds herself facing what she's become in a... Read more

La mirada quieta (de Pérez Galdós)

By: Mario Vargas Llosa

Narrated by: Mario Velásquez

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

BENITO PÉREZ GALDÓS POR MARIO VARGAS LLOSA El autor de los Episodios Nacionales, su obra y su tiempo a través de los ojos del Premio Nobel de Literatura «¿Fue ungran escritor? Lo fue. En el siglo xix y comienzos del xx, no hay ninguno de sus compatriotas que tenga semejante dedicación, inventiva, empeño y la soltura literaria de Pérez Galdós».... Read more

The Grove

By: Ben Dark

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

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'Ben Dark is such a wonderful writer - The Grove drew me in from the first line.' Lia Leendertz

'The Grove is overflowing with delicious nuggets of cultural, social and garden history ­- and I adore Ben Dark's humour and humility in equal measure.' Advolly Richmond

'A heartfelt romp through the wisteria and wilderness of London's... Read more

Developmental Trauma - The Causes - The Experience - The Recovery

By: Brigid Walsh Byrne

Narrated by: Brigid Walsh Byrne

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This book may be for you if: You experienced shocks while your mom was carrying you inside, you were hospitalised or had surgery when very young, or if you experienced a loss or bereavement at a tender age. Maybe you were living in an environment that was apparently functioning, where anxiety was the familiar state of the parent, or where due to... Read more

Daughters of the North

By: Jennifer Morag Henderson

Narrated by: Joan Walker

Length: 15 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary, Queen of Scots' marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell's first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queen's court. Daughters of the North reframes this turbulent period in history by focusing on Jean, who became Countess of Sutherland, following her... Read more

Limited Edition of One

By: Steven Wilson

Narrated by: Mick Wall & Steven Wilson

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The more I thought about it, the more I realised my career has been unusual. How did I manage to do everything wrong but still end up on the front cover of magazines, headlining world tours and achieving Top 5 albums? How did I attract such obsessive and fanatical fans, many of whom take everything I do or say very personally, which is... Read more

El exilio

By: Carlos Tello Díaz

Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Length: 18 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Basado fundamentalmente en fuentes primarias, muchas de ellas inéditas, el autor -tataranieto de Porfirio Díaz- narra la historia de dos familias que tuvieron que dejar su país con la Revolución: los Díaz y los Casasús, con particular énfasis en el ex presidente Porfirio Díaz. El exilio: un relato de familia narra los avatares de dos familias... Read more

Lang her - Abridged

By: Brigitte McNeill

Narrated by: Brigitte McNeill

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

"Wie ich geboren bin, (...) war ich ein Sechsmonatskind. Aber trotzdem recht proper beinander und fast 7 Pfund schwer." Dass da etwas mit dem Hochzeitsdatum ihrer Eltern und ihrem Geburtsdatum nicht stimmen kann, rechnete Brigitte McNeill erst im Alter von 13 Jahren nach. Schon ein paar Jahre früher war sie zu der traurigen Erkenntnis gelangt,... Read more

The Lives Of The Caesars (Unabridged)

By: Suetonius

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Suetonius was a Roman historian born in about 69 AD, shortly after the death of the emperor Nero. This book, detailing the lives of the twelve Roman emperors who were known as “Caesar”—some by a family connection to Julius Caesar, some just as a title—is considered to be Suetonius’... Read more

Up From Slavery (Unabridged)

By: Booker T. Washington

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Booker Taliaferro Washington began life as a slave in Virginia shortly before emancipation, but rose to become one of the most celebrated leaders the African American community has ever had. His principal occupation was as president of the Tuskegee Institute, which he founded in 1881,... Read more

Essays (Unabridged)

By: Thomas Paine

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Thomas Paine was an American political commentator and activist in the latter part of the eighteenth century. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, but were centered on his core beliefs of republicanism and the inherent rights of people. An early pamphlet of his, “Common... Read more

The Life Of Buffalo Bill (Unabridged)

By: William F. Cody

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The popular history of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody remains more myth than anything else, yet it’s undeniable that he was a central figure in the American Old West. Pony Express rider, stagecoach driver, trapper, soldier, bison hunter, scout, showman—his résumé reads like the... Read more

Commentaries On The Gallic War (Unabridged)

By: Julius Caesar

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Commentaries on the Gallic War describes the conflicts between Rome and the region of Gaul in western Europe, as well as the Germanic peoples who lived to the east of the river Rhine, and Britain to the north, in the later years of the Roman republic. Despite being written in the 3rd... Read more

Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc (Unabridged)

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 14 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The essential facts regarding Joan of Arc are well known. A young teenage girl hears voices that tell her she will deliver France from England’s oppression during the Hundred Years War. She manages to take her message to the dauphin, who after some persuasion places her at the head of... Read more

IN SEARCH of a WAY OUT

By: Bobby Straus

Narrated by: Bobby Straus

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

When an early childhood event triggers the onset of depression, Bobby Straus’s life is changed forever. The experience marks the beginning of the ups and downs, and twists and turns of Bobby’s life-long struggle to overcome depression and find a renewed sense of hope. But the road is not an easy one and after years of enduring the mental pain of... Read more

Наш Быкаў. Кніга ўспамінаў

By: Генадзь Бураўкін

Narrated by: Валянцін Аксянцюк

Length: 23 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Кніга ўспамінаў сяброў і блізкіх пра Васіля Быкава. Усяго свае ўспаміны ў кнізе зьмясьцілі каля 40 чалавек. Сярод іх ня толькі беларускія, але і замежныя аўтары. Read more

The Autobiography Of Mark Twain (Unabridged)

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 19 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Autobiography of Mark Twain is a collection of reminiscences and reflections. Twain began dictating them in 1870, and in 1906 he published Chapters from My Autobiography in twentyfive installments in the North American Review. He continued to write stories for his autobiography,... Read more